Important!
This is the
THIRD part of the Ginger series.
Please read the previous parts, so you know what's going on. The previous chapters are not that long!
Main tags:
ginger, nerd, hairless twink, feminine man, freckles, boss-employee, secret sex, anal sex, blowjobs, prostate orgasm, wild fuck, gay romance, ex-boyfriend, clingy characters, drama, company.
-------The events follow directly the moment Rory brought Dallas to his house----------------
After we finally got out of the car, after a nice kissing session, I followed Rory upstairs to his apartment. He let me inside in silence. It was an enjoyable, one-bedroom condo.
I looked around, scratched my chin, and said, "Would you be okay with me taking a shower? I feel a bit sticky." I smiled apologetically, as I felt a bit stupid.
My boss took me to his place, what a weird feeling!
Rory nodded and replied with a light tone of voice.
"Of course."
He opened one of the side closets and gave me a clean towel.
When I took it, our hands slightly touched, and I felt some small electric discharge.
So, I smiled a bit shyly, and he responded similarly. Sexual tension much?
I entered the small bathroom and took a short shower, thinking about what would happen next. He obviously invited me here to have sex with me again, right?
He didn't ask if I wanted to come in, he just kind of... led me to his place.
When I emerged from the bathroom, he was standing just next to the door - which startled me a little.
"Sorry," Rory said, "I didn't mean to scare you. I need to take a shower too."
I stepped aside so he could enter the bathroom.
Not knowing what to do, I made my way to the kitchenette, which adjoined a medium-sized living room. There was a comfortable sofa there, and I sat down on it.
After about ten minutes of waiting - and staring at the dark window with a pensive face - he came back into the living room wearing a white t-shirt and brown sweatpants. I was still in my work clothes.
Rory stopped in front of me, hesitantly scrubbed his chin, and slowly sat down next to me.
I felt a bit unsure if he wanted to talk or get right to the sex part. His long hair was loose. I felt his pleasant smell, which evoked some stirring from my dick...
Our eyes met.
"Do you want me to stay the night?" I asked quietly. My level of expertise in small, light talks was very little, as I mentioned before, I was a jock only on the outside, hiding a socially awkward nerd on the inside.
"If you want that. I can give you a lift to your apartment in the morning, so you could take a new set of clothes."
I stared at him for a while. His statement sounded a bit vague, I needed to squeeze more certainty out of him.
"But do YOU want that?" I insisted.
Rory swallowed and nodded, looking me straight in the eyes.
I felt a pleasant warmth spreading in my chest.
"Do you really want to... try pursuing that..." I made a quick gesture between me and him, "even in our complicated boss-employee situation?"
He responded with a small nod.
"I must say I was convinced you wanted to avoid having anything to do with me, but you kinda surprised me today..." I eyed him, smiling subtly.
He winced a bit and sighed.
"I admit, I struggled with that decision a lot. I'm still a bit afraid to be honest, but I'm not the type of person who would compromise my own life and dreams for a job. We are in this luxury situation where our set of skills is very needed on the market. I won't be jobless for long even when fired. It would be a bummer, but it wouldn't be the end of the world."
I hesitated. "There are also other factors to consider... Things can go rocky."
Rory huffed.
"Yeah, believe me, I know. It can be risky. I had such a situation with my ex! I'm aware it can go south pretty quickly, in case we... didn't work out. The atmosphere in our room would become pretty tense."
I smiled ruefully.
"I'm also willing to take the risk, mostly because there are other options. I can change the department if we don't work out. Or I can find another job. I still have my remote job, and I can go back to it. Money is smaller, but if that would put us both at ease in case of some problems, I want you to know, I'm up to it. It won't be a problem. I agree with you, as programmers, we are rarely... jobless," I winked. "I also know you wanted this job, you waited for it. So I will not endanger it. It will be me to step down, in case of troubles, I want you to know that."
He closed his eyelids for a moment and let a short breath out.
"That's true, I wanted this promotion. And thank you for these words. It means a lot."
We both went silent for a while. I wasn't sure if I should ask for it, but I dared to do it anyway.
"You mentioned your ex. And that the situation was similar. Care to explain more?"
Rory looked to the side and his forehead creased, he seemed a bit uncomfortable.
"Yes, I met Martin while I was in college. We were just friends at first because neither of us was openly gay at the time. I wasn't sure what I wanted yet I even tried dating a few girls. But eventually, we went open about it and started dating in senior year. After college, Martin found a job pretty quickly, and I started working remotely."
Rory suddenly interrupted himself and clenched his fists. After a brief pause, he added, "He cheated on me for the first time during his company outing organized for employees. We had been together for two years. It was with a waitress from the hotel."
I raised my eyebrows. "With a woman?"
Rory winced with bitterness.
"Yes! He was always bisexual. He could never decide 100% which gender he liked more."
Hesitantly, I asked, "Did he tell you himself? Or you got to know some other way?"
Rory's nostrils flared. I could feel he still had some strong negative emotions regarding his previous relationship.
"Somebody told me."
I didn't know how to react, so I only awkwardly patted him on his forearm. I've never been able to behave properly during such difficult conversations. I fell short of words.
"Fuck... That's even worse. I'm sorry..." I mumbled, looking at the floor.
Rory let out a small breath. "Yeah. I already sensed it can only be the tip of the iceberg. We had an argument. And I mean... It was bad. Emotions went through the roof. We almost split. My heart was... broken."
I finally decided to reach out for his hand and I squeezed it lightly.
"That sucks, man..."
Rory gritted his teeth but didn't take his hand away.
"Well. I fought through it because he was my first boyfriend, and I just wasn't ready to part with him. So, we stayed together for another four years, how... silly of me because the cheating didn't stop there... He was slowly killing what I felt for him with every instance."
The sour tone in his voice was very telling. I could still see the reminisces of how much he was hurting, in his face and in the tension of his body, so I lightly squeezed his fingers.
"In the meantime, Martin changed jobs. He started working here and recommended me. So we were together in the same company, only in different departments. But soon... our director merged the departments and Martin became my team leader because he had seniority over me..."
Wow. The corners of my mouth went down.
I didn't expect that news!
Rory noticed my reaction and chuckled quietly.
"Yeah, I can see you are surprised. Now you know why I just wasn't able to even respond to you during this day. It was a hard decision... A bit too close to home. I had flashbacks of my and Martin's situations throughout the whole day. But they weren't hot, I assure you," he added with bitterness.
I fixed my eyes on his face.
"Listen, I'm sorry. I don't want to bring back any bad memories..."
Rory raised his hand to stop me.
"Don't apologize. You didn't do anything wrong. We didn't know each other on the airplane, we couldn't know. Why should you be at any disadvantage because of my past twisted situations? It wouldn't be fair."
I moved a little closer to him and raised my hand to graze his cheek with my fingers slowly.
"It's nice you put it that way, Rory, but I just don't want you to feel uncomfortable. That's why I promise you, if anything goes wrong, it would be me to leave the job."
I must admit, I had difficulty tearing my hand away from him. Holding my breath, I lowered my fingers to his neck and skimmed over it. Rory closed his eyes for a few seconds. So, I leaned a bit toward him, my lips grazed over his skin - he smelled heavenly! I could see the hickeys I left there before and my dick throbbed.
"And I appreciate the honesty," I whispered. "I will return it. I want you to know I've never cheated on my ex-boyfriends, Rory. Not even a kiss with anyone else. I'm a strong believer in monogamy. "
He turned his head toward me, his eyes bore into my face with strange intensity. And then he slowly leaned forward, and his pouty lips grazed over mine. It was so pleasant. I closed my eyes, expecting the kiss to linger, but he suddenly whispered, with his forehead against my forehead.
"You know... when we were on that flight, I could feel you were looking at me. You looked... a lot. It was weirdly pleasant to be the object of such attention, while I never consider myself very attractive, I felt like that under your gaze..."
I moved my lips to his temple and kissed him there. "You are very attractive to me. I wanted you from the moment I saw you, it never happened to me before, Rory. Something was drawing me toward you like a magnet..."